The St. Tammany Parish Coroner's Office on Monday failed to deliver specific documents requested by parish government, prompting a second public records request of the agency on Tuesday, Parish President Pat Brister said. "Obviously we were disappointed that we did not get what was requested," she said.

The St. Tammany Parish Coroner's Office north of Lacombe.Ted Jackson, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune

On March 4, the parish asked for copies of coroner's office policies regarding annual and sick leave, including how such leave is accrued and taken. Also requested were copies of all timesheets for Coroner Peter Galvan for the years 2010-12.

What the parish received from coroner's office Executive Director Melanie Comeaux on Monday was a brief explanation on the accrual of vacation and sick time and 17 vacation/sick leave request forms for Galvan going back to 2007. Many of the request forms were signed by Galvan and dated Feb. 28, 2013.

Brister said the coroner's reply fell well short of what the parish requested. "That's not a policy," she said of information supplied about vacation and sick time.

Parish attorney Kelly Rabalais sent a second public records request on Tuesday. "Although the coroner provided the amount of annual and vacation leave which is accrued per year of service and leave sheets, the response does not accurately address the parish's request, nor is it complete," she wrote.

If the coroner's office fails to adequately respond to the second request, Brister said she would meet with the parish's attorneys to decide how to proceed.

Parish officials are taking their own look at the coroner's office following media reports about lavish spending by the agency. The coroner's office also is being investigated by the state Legislative Auditor and, reportedly, by federal authorities.

Separate from the parish administration's request for timesheets and policies, the Parish Council had asked Galvan to appear before the council at its meeting last Thursday and deliver in advance a report addressing numerous questions about the agency's operations. Galvan did neither.

The Parish Council has said it plans to reduce the coroner's office property tax that currently generates about $4.4 million a year for the agency.

Coroner Peter Galvan

The Legislative Auditor launched its probe of the agency shortly after NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune reported Jan. 22 that the coroner's office used taxpayer money for more than $36,000 in meals at 151 different restaurants from 2006 through 2012. The coroner's office also spent substantial amounts of money at groceries, retail stores, sporting goods/outdoor outlets, even a school for flight lessons, agency records show.

On March 6, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune reported that six of the department's 22 full-time employees - 27 percent of the office - are paid annual salaries that exceed $100,000, seemingly putting Galvan's office out of step with coroner's offices in other larger parishes. Those salaries are part of a payroll that has skyrocketed by more than 350 percent since 2004, when the agency allocated about $392,000 to the expense, according to an evaluation of a series of audits.

Galvan receives a salary of about $200,000 as coroner and continues to maintain a private medical practice in Slidell. WVUE-TV recently reported that Galvan also paid himself an extra $31,000 for some 40 unused vacation and sick days in 2012 even though he and his wife took vacations during that year.

Galvan has declined requests for comment about his agency's operations, but his lawyer told Brister in an email last week that "Dr. Galvan is eager to address the public at the proper time."